Ok guys I'm in a bit of a dilema here. The sizes I need to get the Nitto - Invo tires are not available in Saudi or UAE. So I'm going to install Michelin – Pilot Sport PS2.

Now here's my problem, they have the PS2's for my rear tires but not the front.

So would it be ok to install the Mitchelin PS2's on the rear and something different like continental on the fronts? would I get any issues or problems?

 

Whichever tire gives you more traction (especially in the wet) are the ones you want on the rears whether your car is fwd or rwd.

 

Well yeah that's why I'm getting the PS2's on the rear, but my question is, is it ok to fit a different make/brand tires on the front wheels? like Continental?

 

Not a problem as long as the tires are not radically different compounds.

 

no not at all, thanks for the feedback guys, my car is soo tail happy right now it's not even funny, and I'm always in the dry

 

With all that sand on the dune, i cannot imagine why.



j/k!

 

Why does good traction on the rear tires matter more than on the front on a FWD?

 

Just think of it this way - if your front wheels break traction, at least you can still control them. Unless you're drag racing a fwd car, you want the better tires on the back. Better meaning more tread, less worn, or just better.

 

So, I'm in a FWD vehicle and have my better traction tires on the back... the two tires that I have zero control over... I can't control power to them and i can't control their direction.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but your explanation...explains very little.

I've driven a FWD vehicle (as I'm sure you have) and when the front tires go, it's a pain. Whenever I got new tires, they would always rotate the front to the back and give me two new fronts...

 

Strange and I concede... well, partially...

It wasn't your statement that lacked merit, just your explanation.

The reason for always putting the better tires on the back are driver feel. In a FWD vehicle, when the front tires lose traction (assuming the worse tires are up front), you can feel the car losing traction and react sooner and better. When they are on the back, you feel the car losing traffic a bit too late and simply have to attempt a save from a fishtail.

http://www.michelinman.com/tire-care/tire-basics/
(video link is at the bottom of the page)

 

Im running KDW2's in the front at about 30% tread and Toyo T1R's in the rear with about 80% tread in the rears (already went through the KDW2 rears) and ive had no troubles at all.

 

WOW!!!

I never knew that, thanks for the education. I just rotated my girl's tires putting the better tires on the front.

I assume this applies for winter as well, putting better tires on the rear?

 

It didn't make sense at first look to put worse tires on a FWD on the front, but all the "research" (i.e. googling) I've done says that regardless of drive, put them on the back, I would assume that's for winter as well.

I still find it a bit counterintuitive (especially starting and stopping), but from a stability (especially in a turn) standpoint, it makes some sense.

 

Yea, like I said - it's because you actually have control of the fronts... I can't always remember everything 100% now...

 

PS2s are much better tires IMO.